Results

Until this stage we developed studies in more than 70 sites across Bolivia. We obtained data of different species in the different areas such as population conditions carrying out VES transects, obtaining relative abundances of each species. We also obtained biotic and non-biotic requirements of the studied species taking data about water quality, habitat characteristics and also information about possible predators and also food items that we found the species is using. In all the sites we took notes about the reproductive status of all the species we found during our fieldwork. read more

Capacity building:

At the moment we are working closely with young Bolivian biologists training them in different aspects about conservation and amphibians also in some occasions with students that want to learn about our work. We also organize the amphibian conservation course for young biologists, biology, environmental and veterinary students from different areas of Bolivia where they participate and learn about the work with amphibians. During our fieldwork we go out with biologists, local community members and park rangers were we train them in the work with amphibians. read more

Raising awareness:

Providing information to the people is a key factor if we want to work in conservation, we are organizing educational workshops in schools, local communities, disseminating information about amphibians and conservation by different publications in different media like newspapers, radio, magazines, books, talks and presentations.

Captive breeding:

We already created the first captive breeding facility of endangered Andean Bolivian amphibians, holding five species of Telmatobius from several localities of Bolivia and in some cases we already were able to have the first offspring in captivity. The goal of this component is to keep a captive population of the threatened species of Bolivian amphibians for future reintroduction if is needed.read more

Following we present some of the documents Bolivian amphibian Initiative has developed, provided or supported to develop

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B.A.I.

The Bolivian Amphibian Initiative is a project aimed to generate information, monitor and protect Bolivian endangered species, focused in high Andean species; this project is based in 4 components: Training, Research, Education and working with the first experiences in captive breeding of threatened species.